Financial markets’ focus over the coming days will be squarely on Brexit.
European Union leaders are due to meet on Thursday and analysts are hoping that a deal – confident even – that a last minute deal is achievable.
But if they are wrong, then the implications are all negative and sizeable.
Against that backdrop, and also on Thursday, policymakers at the European Central Bank are due to meet and they are expected to boost the size of their asset purchase programme.
However, those members on the governing council who are pushing for an open-ended policy response are likely to run into opposition from some of their colleagues, analysts at Barclays Research believe.
Foreign trade data out in China on Monday for November will also be closely scrutinised, as will figures for consumer prices referencing that same month.
On home shores meanwhile, gross domestic product and activity data for October are all due out on Friday.
Stateside, the key economic release will also land at the end of the week, with a preliminary reading on US consumer confidence, courtesy of the University of Michigan.
Monday 07 December
INTERIMS
IMImobile , Ted Baker, VP
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Seplat Petroleum Development Company (DI)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)
Industrial Production (GER) (07:00)
GMS
Inspects Group
FINALS
Hardide
AGMS
Amedeo Air Four Plus Limited Red Ord NPV, Renalytix Ai (Reg S), UK Mortgages Limited
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Halifax House Price Index (08:30)
Retail Sales (23:01)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
JPMorgan Smaller Companies Inv Trust
Tuesday 08 December
INTERIMS
Begbies Traynor Group, GB Group, SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust, Solid State, ULS Technology , Vianet Group
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Morgan Sindall Group, Tribal Group
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Gross Domestic Product (EU) (10:00)
ZEW Survey (EU) – Economic Sentiment (10:00)
ZEW Survey (GER) – Current Situation (10:00)
ZEW Survey (GER) – Economic Sentiment (10:00)
Q2
Ashtead Group
FINALS
Numis Corporation, Renew Holdings, Zytronic
EGMS
Orascom Investment Holding SAE (REG S)
AGMS
Allergy Therapeutics, Fidelity Asian Values, Greatland Gold, Haydale Graphene Industries, Henderson International Income Trust, UIL Limited (DI), Volta Finance Limited NPV (GBP), Worsley Investors Limited NPV
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
NWF Group
Wednesday 09 December
INTERIMS
Creightons, Duke Royalty Limited, SDI Group , Stagecoach Group
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
DCC, Inspired Energy
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Meikles Ltd.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (GER) (07:00)
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
Current Account (GER) (07:00)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00)
GMS
MetalNRG
FINALS
PCF Group, Victrex plc
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus , Thinksmart Limited (DI)
AGMS
CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income , Orchard Funding Group
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus , BlackRock Greater Europe Inv Trust
Thursday 10 December
INTERIMS
Cohort, DWF Group , Smith (DS)
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
British American Inv Trust
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting, Aquila Services Group, Charles Stanley Group, Clipper Logistics , D4T4 Solutions, Gresham House Strategic , Homeserve, Intermediate Capital Group, Investec, Investec Non-Red Non-Cum Non-Part Prf Shs, Mercia Technologies , Ninety One , Puma Vct 11, Severfield, TR Property Inv Trust, Walker Crips Group
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Brunner Inv Trust, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION COM STK USD0.20 (CDI), Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.NPV (CDI)
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Alpha Real Trust Ltd., Assura , Real Estate Credit Investments Ltd, Tritax Eurobox (EUR), Tritax Eurobox (GBP), XP Power Ltd. (DI)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Price Index (US) (13:30)
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
GMS
EKF Diagnostics Holdings
FINALS
Character Group, Marston’s, On The Beach Group , RWS Holdings
SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Braveheart Investment Group
AGMS
7Digital Group , Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund Ltd , Amur Minerals Corporation NPV, Asia Dragon Trust , Bioventix, Ceres Power Holdings, Chelverton Growth Trust, Doric Nimrod Air One Ltd, Doric Nimrod Air Three Limited Red Ord Pref Shs Npv, Doric Nimrod Air Two Ltd Pref Shs Npv, Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd., Lok’n Store Group, MJ Hudson Group NPV, Petro Matad Ltd., PRS Reit (The) , Softcat, Upland Resources Limited NPV, Windar Photonics, YouGov
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ocado Group
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (07:00)
Gross Domestic Product (07:00)
Index of Services (07:00)
Industrial Production (07:00)
Manufacturing Production (07:00)
RICS Housing Market Survey (00:01)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Fidelity Asian Values, Springfield Properties
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Aeci 5 1/2% Prf, Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 1 , Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 1 A Shares, Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 2, Gresham House Renewable Energy VCT 2 A Shares, Orchard Funding Group , Oxford Metrics, Witan Investment Trust Plc
Friday 11 December
INTERIMS
Polar Capital Technology Trust
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Airtel Africa , Central Asia Metals, Genel Energy, Morgan Advanced Materials , Ocean Wilsons Holdings Ltd., Octopus Titan VCT , Telecom Plus
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Price Index (GER) (07:00)
Producer Price Index (US) (13:30)
U. of Michigan Confidence (Prelim) (US) (15:00)
GMS
KEFI Gold and Copper , ReNeuron Group
FINALS
Nexus Infrastructure
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Softcat
AGMS
Bellway, Star Phoenix Group Ltd NPV (DI), Up Global Sourcing Holdings , Volution Group, Westmount Energy Ltd.
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bellway, Rolls-Royce Holdings
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Ashmore Group, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, Ferguson, Genesis Emerging Markets Fund Ltd Ptg NPV, Genus, James Halstead, Softcat
